*Soaring Spirits Regional Groups

Soaring Spirits provides widowed people with the chance to meet socially, and to create a local community of widowed friends through our Regional Social Group program. Groups are led by our awesome volunteer facilitators who plan meetings twice a month in their geographical area.

Our meetings are focused on assisting widowed men and women in rebuilding their social structure post-loss. We don’t provide any presented content, and all of our meetings are held in easily accessible public locations. Our aim is to assist widowed people in getting back out into the world, with a group of understanding friends by their sides!

If you feel a call to give back, and believe that the Soaring Spirits model of spreading hope via peer-based programming is a good fit for you - or if you have questions about this Soaring Spirits program - please contact me at [email protected] or post a comment here in this Forum.

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Dianne - I have already been trying to figure out how I could use my own tragedy and experience with grief to help other widows in my area. I would love to receive training and have the support of SSLF to help me make this happen. Please sign me up! Angie

The first regional event in NJ is on June 14 http://widowedvillage.org/events/sslf-regional-event-in-new-jersey - so, hopefully, you'll be able to make that one before heading off to San Diego. I believe the plan is for each location to hold two events a month. NJ has June 14 and 28; more dates will be announced for the future months.

Sorry that I didn't see this earlier, but I'm guessing that Dianne's answer was what you were looking for.I have signed up to receive emails from this discussion but it appears to not always work.Anyway, you, my dear, know where to find me to ask anything. :)

Not yet, Carolynne - and I know you're too busy to take this on right now. With all the WVers we have in that area, I'm hoping someone has an interest. I'll be adding the new groups to the list above as they come on board.

I believe there is one in Madison Wisconsin but that's too much of a hike for me. I live in Woodstock Il and am often in Lake Geneva Wi where my daughter lives. I'd be happy to get together with you sometime.